[The Pentateuch]

IN the second and third book they received y• law. And in this .iiij. they begin to work and to practise. Of which practi•ynge ye see many good ensamples of unbelief & what freewill doth / when she taketh in hand to keep the law of her own power without help of faith in the promises of god: how she leaveth her masters carcasses by the way in the wilderness and bringeth them not in to the land of rest. Why could they not enter in? Because of their unbelief Hebr .iij. For had they believed / so had they been under grace / and their old since had been forgiven them / and power should have been given them to have fulfilled the law thenceforth & they should have been kept from all temptations that had been to strong for them. For it is written Johan. 1. He gave them power to be the sons of god / through believing in his name. Now to be the son of god is to love god and his commandments and to walk in his way after the ensample of his son Christ. But these people toke upon them to work without faith as thou seest in the xiiij. of this book / where they would fight and also did / without the word of promise: even when they were warned that they should not. And in y• .xvi. a gain they would please god ⟨image 238⟩with their holy faithless works (for where gods word is not there can be no faith) but y• fire of god consumed their holy works / as it did Nadab and Abihu Levi .x. And from these unbelievers turn thine eyes unto the pharisees which before the coming of Christ in his flesh / had laid the foundation of freewill after the same ensample. Whereon they built holy works after their own imagination with our faith of the word / so fervently that for the great zeal of them they slew the king of all holy works and the lord of freewill which only through his grace maketh the will free and looseth her from bondage of sin / and giveth her love and lust unto the laws of god / and power to fulfil them. And so through their holy works done by the power of freewill / they excluded them selves out of the holy rest of forgiveness of since by faith in the blonde of Christ.

IN the seconde ād thirde boke they receaved y• lawe. And in this .iiij. they begynne to worke and to practyse. Of which practiynge yese many good ensamples of vnbeleffe & what frewill doth / when she taketh in hand to kepe the lawe of her awne power without help of fayth in the promyses of god: how she leueth her masters carkesses by the way in the wildernesse and bringeth them not in to the londe of rest. Why coude they not entre in? Because of their vnbeleffe Hebre .iij. For had they beleved / so had they bene vnder grace / and their old synnes had bene forgeuen thē / ād power shulde haue bene geuē them to haue fulfilled the lawe thenceforth & they shuld haue bene kepte from all temptaciōs that had bene to stronge for them. For it is wrytten